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AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND @lemmy.world Doug Holland @lemmy.world 7d ago

Takeover of North Idaho College reveals the Far-Right's blueprint for destroying higher education

www.teenvogue.com What Happened When the Far-Right Took Over This Community College

The takeover of North Idaho College reveals the Far-Right’s blueprint for destroying higher education.

What Happened When the Far-Right Took Over This Community College

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Hardy has followed the so-called Seven Mountain Mandate, or 7M, a conservative Christian movement that she says believes in a "God-given authority" to "take over the world."

The Seven Mountain Mandate, or 7M for short, is heavily fortifying many on the radical right of American politics. It calls on right-thinking Christians to conquer the seven mountains or “spheres of influence” in culture and society: education, religion, family, business, government, arts, and entertainment.

Tom Parker, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, expressed his support for the Seven Mountains Mandate, a once-fringe philosophy that calls on evangelical Christians to reshape American law and society based on their beliefs.

See also:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Apostolic_Reformation

https://www.christianity.com/wiki/end-times/what-7-mountains-of-influence.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Mountain_Mandate
- Many NAR adherents have adopted the Appeal to Heaven Flag from the American Revolutionary War that symbolized seeking authority from a power higher than the British king.
  
  The flag is displayed outside Speaker Mike Johnson's Capitol Hill office, and has flown at the New Jersey vacation home of United States Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito.[51][52][53][54]